Schedule

The annual event will take place April 10 on the ISU campus. The festivities will kick off with a freedom march from Ames City Hall to Beardshear Hall on Thursday, April 10, at 9 a.m.

Monday, April 7, 2008

Russia after the Presidential Elections: Is There Hope for Democracy?

David Satter, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute. Sponsored by the Committee on Lectures, the World Affairs Series and First Amendment Day Committee. 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Sun Room, ISU Memorial Union

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Mark Goodman

Mark Goodman, Knight professor of scholastic journalism at Kent State University, works with Greenlee School students and the Iowa State Daily. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Post Traumatic 'Press' Syndrome and the State of the Media

Panel discussion including Michael Bugeja, director of the Greenlee School of Journalism, and Frank Ochberg, professor of psychiatry at Michigan State University. Also on the panel are Tina Croley of the Detroit Free Press and Donna Alvis-Banks of the Roanoke (Va.) Times. 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., 1148 Gerdin.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

First Amendment Day Proclamation and Freedom March

Freedom March, begins at City Hall and ends at steps of Curtiss Hall. 9 a.m., Ames City Hall, 515 Clark Ave.

Student Press Seminar with Mark Goodman

The Student Media in the Hazelwood Era. 10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m., 101 Design

Feast on the First

Soap-box debates, student organization booths, music and more. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., central campus, Iowa State University

The First Amendment in a Post-9/11 World

Panel discussion with Peter Erlinder, Kevin Bankston, Gene Choo and Heidi Boghosian moderated by Dave Saldana. 2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., 2432 Food Science

The Art of Inclusion: Getting the Entire School on the Pages of Your Publication.

Professor Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte of the University of Texas at Austin. 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., 2432 Food Science.

Your Future in College.

Lindsay Gilbert, Greenlee School Student Services. 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., 1148 Gerdin.

Keynote: Censoring Freedom: How the Quest for Security Is Trumping Your Constitutional Rights.

Mark Goodman, Knight professor of scholastic journalism at Kent State University. 8:00 p.m., Great Hall, Memorial Union.